Joy

"Find joy in the ordinary"

My ordinary and everyday are my joy. I couldn't have asked for a better calling in this life than to be a mother. 

Real

"Life is simple: we are living in a life that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through all the time."

-Thomas Merton 

Meet Mr. D and his big brother and sister. I just love them.

This family is so full of life, and they are real. There are no transparencies here.

I pray that we can always notice the divine in our lives

and be grateful for it. 

Poppi

"Every new day offers a new beginning"

I like to think that each day offers something great.  

These beautiful little new ones remind me of that.  

Meet Poppi

The sweetest little one

with the sweetest name

and the sweetest little pouty lips.

Sigh.....

"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood".

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I have been so lucky not only to take this families pictures for four years now but to also 

have this beautiful mom as one of my closest friends.  

The weather couldn't have been more beautiful for our session,

and I just love how important capturing her little family is to her. 

 I am so in love with so many of these. 

Fall

"I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there

 just for the beauty of it."

 ~Lee Maynard

I love the color of fall and the combination of families.  They just seem to fit together perfectly.

I also love seeing families grow :) This is my fourth year with this fun family and it's

always so fun!

Life's lessons

"Some of life's greatest blessings are our family.  We learn how to love unconditionally,

we learn patience and we learn how to look past ourselves and to

truly give unselfishly to another."

I love how much being part of a family gives us.

What a wonderful blessing.

I love being able to meet all these beautiful families

and capture them.  I love seeing the connections and love they

have for one another.

Sun

I have found a new obsession with pretty light!

I have always loved it but lately I find myself chasing it

and I love that Miss Madisyn came back for a session 

(I have been taking her picture since she was 6)

because I knew she would be up for anything. 

So we chased pretty light, picked flowers and had fun!

Three

A sick kid, my husband out of town, iffy weather, 

getting lost, puke and a reschedule... 

I was beginning to wonder if this was going to happen.  

But I am so happy that this sweet family decided to make this session happen.  

The weather ended up being perfect, the light was pretty 

and these three little boys, aren't they so handsome! 

Find Joy where it resides....

"...Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss joy is to miss it all."

--Robert Louis Stevenson

I cannot even begin to tell you how much a laughed during this session.  In fact as I sit

back and think about it, I always laugh when I get to do this family's session.

Mom, has the best laugh ever!  It's real and it's genuine and together 

this family just has fun! 

I wasn't sure this session was going to happen, these guys

are old friends from the days I lived in Logan and drove

3 hours to get here, on a scary weather day.

They took a chance and we literally shot on a dark gloomy rain pending night

but it didn't matter because every time I look at

these images I just laugh.  We had fun and I enjoyed every minute!

When I am baptized....

"I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain

And ponder on the beauty of an earth made clean again.

I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain.

I want to be the best I can and live with God again."

Sweet Miss L, has decided to be baptized and I am so proud of her. 

What an amazing decision. I love that she is so sweet and full of kindness for those around her!

Isn't she beautiful!